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Plan?Choreographing solo and duet dance with the

help of GCSE dance teacher – Mrs Bugby – building a narrative was our primary focus of the dance

Dress rehearsalPractice using lights in dance studioRange of different camera angles when filmingWhen choreographing the dance routines we

wanted to have a contrast between the solo and duet – establishing the broken relationship.

Solo choreography Solo routine – dance movements included a lot

of enclosed movements establishing the female actor missing her partner.

Movements included: Arm movements across her body – misses the chemistry of

the relationship Hands through her hair – distress and confusion of relationship Looking down her body - loss of confidence and fear of her

relationship Punches (closed fists) – anger of the relationship Sharp movements – dominance and the pain of the relationship

Recording dance When filming the dance we needed to ensure

we used a range of different camera angles that captured the narrative effectively instead of like a GCSE exam piece.

To avoid this we needed to make sure we used a range of different camera angles such as:

close ups / tracking shots / mid shots / extreme close-ups instead of still shots.

costume Robyn - Black Nike sports bra with black

dance shorts. This costume allows our female dancer to move around freely without being in danger with any hazards.

We found that the purple leotard wasn’t as effective as using a black costume. The purple leotard distracted the audiences attention away from the dance scenes

Before changing this we gave a questionnaire to the rest of our class (18 pupils) , asking what costume they preferred and their reason why.

Overall 16 out of the 18 chose the black and the remaining 2 choose the purple.

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Reasons Many agreed and thought the leotard colour

(purple) was to bold and would distracted the meaning of the shot.

Some said that the black costume would look more effective and would fit the mood of our song.

The black costume is a more realistic modern ‘pop’ dance costume.

We also thought that this costume looked realistic for a dancers outfit, acting as a visual signifier for the audience as well as establishing characterisation.

Location Location – Dance studioThis was a great location as it worked at a visual signifier.

PROPS: Dance studio lights Throughout filming we used black sidelights,

this was to hide the curtains around the side of the studio. We decided to do this because after looking at our original footage in the studio we found that the curtains were really obvious in the background and looked really unprofessional.

Effects with the lights White and pink spot lights, which used connotations

of  romance and purity. We also used the lights to create a flashing effect by

turning them off and on to the beat of the music. The lights would be on and then go to black out.

When filming and capturing this effect we used a tracking shot around the solo character. We found this was a powerful shot which built intensity for the audience.

A tracking shot worked effectively as the actor stayed stationary changing upper body moments (e.g hugging) that established her emotions of sadness while the camera followed her around her body. This empathised these movements as well as using a close up head shot to show her emotions.